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John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids

3. Conference and Confusion

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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'There's a light... someone's trying to get the sighted people together - we're not alone!'

Bill and Josella join an army-led group, but their plans for a new community falter...

John Wyndham's classic sci-fi novel.

Dramatised by Giles Cooper.

Gary Watson ..…. Bill Masen
Barbara Shelley ..…. Josella Playton
Anthony Viccars …... Colonel Jaques
Peter Sallis …... Coker
Freda Dowie …... Elspeth
Victor Lucas ..…. Doctor Varless
Michael McClain …... Michael Beadley
Nigel Graham ..…. Ivan Simpson
Marjorie Westbury …... Miss Barr
Michael Deacon …... Mac
Jan Edwards ...... Lucy
James McManus …... Alf
Hilda Kriseman …... Child
Anthony Jackson …... Other
Pauline Letts …... Other
Christopher Bidmead …... Other

Music composed by David Cain.

Producer: John Powell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968. Show less

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